Gavra impresses at Ajax!

Raised in Gheorghe Hagi’s Academy, the U19 international Cristian Gavra was called to Amsterdam to train for a week with Ajax. Another hot prospect from Viitorul Constanta, Bogdan Taru, went with him, but if the central defender returned to Romania, the promising striker was informed that he will stay for another week.

Born in 1993, Gavra was a key player in the U19 alongside Taru, in a generation praised for reaching the Elite Round in the qualifying campaign for the European Championship, but later accused for failing to get the tickets for the final tournament. He’s one of the 19 players from Hagi’s Academy who got called up to Romania’s different youth national teams since the beginning of 2012, but could become the first to “graduate” and make the step towards a very big club. Best of luck to him!

Radu Baicu

• 15 years of continuous work in scouting, for top clubs and companies;
• Worked for clubs like Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Hannover 96, covering the Romanian market;
• Worked for Birmingham based company ‘The Scouting Network’ (www.tsn.co.uk) as a football scout;
• Worked for Zurich based company Boutique Football as a scouting network coordinator;
• International scout for Young Boys Bern for 2 years, covering Eastern European football.
• Working for the past 5 years as an international scout for a top French club.